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<p><b>Syntax</b></p><blockquote>
Result = <font color="#3A3966"><b>StringByteLength</b></font>(String$ [, Format])</blockquote>

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<b>Description</b><br><blockquote>

Returns the number of bytes required to store the string in memory in a given format. 

</blockquote><p><b>Parameters</b></p><blockquote>
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<tr><td width="10%"><i>String$</i></td>
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The string to use. 

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<tr><td><i>Format (optional)</i></td>
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The destination format to use. It can be one of the following value: 
<pre><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"size="2">  <font color="#924B72">#PB_Ascii</font>  : Ascii format
  <font color="#924B72">#PB_UTF8</font>   : UTF8 format
  <font color="#924B72">#PB_Unicode</font>: UTF16 format
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If omitted, the mode of the executable (<a href="../reference/unicode.html">unicode</a> or ascii) is used. 

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</blockquote><p><b>Return value</b></p><blockquote>

The number of bytes required to store the string in memory in a given format. 

</blockquote><p><b>Remarks</b></p><blockquote>

The number of bytes returned does not include the terminating Null-Character of the string. 
The size of the Null-Character is 1 byte for Ascii and UTF8 mode and 2 bytes for Unicode mode. 

</blockquote><p><b>Example</b></p><blockquote>

<pre><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"size="2">  <b><font color="#3A3966">Debug</font></b> <font color="#3A3966">StringByteLength</font>(&quot;?quot;, <font color="#924B72">#PB_UTF8</font>) <font color="#3A3966">; will display 2</font>
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